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MacSurfer's Archive: Wednesday, November 7, 2018
 

 

General Interest/Potpourri
  • "Apple will likely be unaffected by the federal election results, but inside California is a different story"  AppleInsider 8:26 AM
  • "Global notebook shipments to rise 2.8% in 4Q18, says Digitimes Research" ["Apple's newly announced MacBook Air has been in mass production since September and is expected to see a wave of replacement demand despite its US$1,199 starting price, which is much higher than expected. The new notebook is expected to help Apple secure the fourth place."]  DigiTimes 7:25 AM
  • "Canalys Newsroom- Seven of top 10 smartphone markets declined in Q3 2018 as Chinese vendors took over 50%" ["Huawei took second place ahead of Apple, shipping 52 million units after growing 33% year on year. Apple grew by just 0.4%, shipping 47 million units."] Canalys 7:43 AM
  • "AirPods, Lightning cables still sell like crazy" Cult of Mac 7:52 AM
  • "Homes getting smarter as smart speaker sales slow — report" Apple Must 8:35 AM
  • "Inside Apple Iconsiam - the First Thai Apple Store" The Mac Observer 1:16 PM
  • "70-year-old man uses 11 phone rig to dominate Pokemon GoCult of Mac 1:46 PM
Non-Apple News
  • "Comcast reportedly planning streaming set-top box" 9to5Mac 4:05 PM
  • "Comcast to launch video streaming product for broadband customers in 2019, report says: According to a report Wednesday, Comcast is looking to field a new streaming device in 2019 that offers existing broadband customers app-based access to online services like Netflix and Amazon Prime." AppleInsider 5:52 PM
  • "IoT botnet infects 100,000 routers to send Hotmail, Outlook, and Yahoo spam" ZDNet 11:15 AM
  • "FCC to probe how wireless carriers respond to natural disasters" CNET 11:01 AM
  • "This weird robotic head will be the friendly face of artificial intelligence: Furhat's robotic head promises to give people a more friendly AI experience" Mirror Online UK 10:20 AM
  • "Will the Democrats' victory lead to tougher regulation of Silicon Valley?" Recode 10:19 AM
  • "Half of YouTube viewers use it to learn how to do things they've never done" The Verge 11:54 AM
  • "YouTube paid $3 billion to copyright owners through Content ID" Engadget 9:34 AM
  • "Qualcomm, Goodix to dominate smartphone fingerprint sensor market in 2019" DigiTimes 7:24 AM
  • "Setback for Qualcomm: It has to license modem tech to competitors/FTC antitrust lawsuit due for trial next year" The Register 6:59 AM
  • "Google says Android will natively support foldable devices" ZDNet 2:30 PM
  • "A Google shuttle bus struck and killed a woman in her 20s right across from the Googleplex campus" Business Insider 1:21 PM
  • "Google Can Tell Which Restaurant Gave You Food Poisoning" PC Magazine 11:42 AM
  • "Why the Google Walkout Was a Watershed Moment in Tech" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:48 AM
  • "Russian Trolls Were at It Again Before Midterms, Facebook Says" New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 6:48 AM
  • "Facebook blocks more accounts potentially linked to foreign entity" Reuters 6:45 AM
Publications/Podcasts
  • "Why autocorrect makes so many mistakes, according to the former Apple engineer who helped create it" Business Insider 4:05 PM
  • "9to5Mac Daily: November 7, 2018" 9to5Mac 4:05 PM
  • "AirPod Updates, Holiday Gift Guides – TMO Daily Observations 2018-11-07" The Mac Observer 1:43 PM
  • "Macworld Podcast: Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 9 a.m. Pacific" Macworld 10:19 AM
  • "Is the iPad a Laptop? – What The Tech Ep. 417" Thurrott 9:41 AM